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Plane or you were waiting for your flight, youre going to be one of those individuals who is out there on the tarmac, where you see that fire engine. we also now have a little bit of a better idea of where this took place. terminal two baggage claim, so as people sort of landed, they would go down that escalator to the baggage claim, pick up your lugage and out to the curb. we talked about this before during the istanbul airport attack and i want to make it clear we dont know the motive here yet...

Area. where is that in relationship to where you are right now? >> im sorry, i -- its very difficult to hear. >> terminal two, the shooting happened in terminal two baggage claim. >> it did, okay, all right. >> where is that -- >> im sure -- >> where is that in relationship to where you are right now? >> well, it is -- its back in the entrance to the airport. the tsa -- now, the checkpoint we went through outside was delayed a few times prior to in incident, so we were well through the tsa check...

Are folks inside this airport that are either trapped or whether this is some sort of active shooting situation. tom costello is standing by for us as well in washington. of course, tom covers aviation from the network. tom at this point what more do we know? >> we dont know much more than that the at the moment. this is very much breaking as were all witnessing this live. i would tell you that, craig, you and i know and any american who travels knows, if you go through a ts checkpoint, those of...

Airports in this country especially since post-9/11 there is typically a very large law enforcement presence there at all times. is that fair to say? >> it is very fair to say, and also, you know, when youre wounded in a place like an airport, you have a better chance of survival. you have so much police and emergency personnel on you instantly. you know, theres a lot more security at an airport than there is at a nightclub like we saw in istanbul the other day when one policeman is killed and y...